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From YouTube: Verbrugge View – Filling the Pool
Description
In this week’s Verbrugge View, City Manager Jamie Verbrugge visits the Bloomington Family Aquatic Center to see what it takes to get the pool ready for swimmers.
A
A
B
Takes
a
lot
of
work
and
get
the
poor
ready,
we
have
to
order
all
supplies
make
sure
the
facility
is
ready
for
people
and
staff
to
get
here
training.
The
staff
is
probably
one
of
our
biggest
responsibilities.
Safety
is
obviously
our
biggest
concern.
We
want
to
make
sure
our
staff
are
ready
and
able
and
willing
to
be
there
if
an
emergency
arises.
How
many
life
starts.
Do
we
hire
every
summer
at
this
facility
about
40
Life
Guards?
B
Any
given
time
around
the
pool
there'll
be
about
15
at
a
time
with
a
couple
on
deck
somewhere
else
for
first-aid
emergencies,
customer
service
and
anything
else
that
might
come
up
in
the
facility.
How
many
of
us
are
lifeguards?
Do
we
get
coming
back
every
year,
we're
fortunate
in
2017
to
have
a
hundred
percent
retention
on
our
lifeguarding
staff?
That
is
not
common.
We
are
very
fortunate
here
in
Bloomington
to
have
that
number
returning,
but
this
year
it
is
100
percent
retention
in
life,
so.
B
B
B
Are
a
lot
of
opportunities
for
one
of
our
biggest
ones?
Our
group
reservations,
a
lot
of
our
local
YMCA
is
youth
groups.
Daycares
will
come
use
this
as
their
a
field
trip
option
for
something
different
from
their
norm.
We
also
have
swim
teams
that
practice
here
every
morning
from
about
6:00
a.m.
to
noon
or
so
so
we
are
the
main
training
facility
for
a
lot
of
our
local
high
school
and
club
swim
teams.
A
B
Have
an
outdoor
Lake
swimming
experience
in
Minnesota
I
think
is
paramount
for
safety.
I
think
we
have
over
10,000
lakes
and
for
somebody
to
have
an
opportunity
in
their
backyard
to
experience
that
and
learn
the
differences
between
a
chlorinated
swimming
pool
and
some
other
things
they
might
face
in
relate
to
the
huge
opportunity.
Good.
A
B
A
David
I'm
here
with
Steve
Ferguson
Steve,
is
in
our
Public
Works
Department.
He
is
the
person
who
is
responsible
for
maintaining
the
Bloomington
family
Aquatic
Center
and
has
been
for
the
last
17
years,
so
we're
standing
in
the
middle
of
the
pool
right
now
in
the
vessel
and
we've
just
turned
on
the
water
for
the
year
Steve.
How
long
is
it
going
to
take
to
fill
up
the
pool
that
usually
takes
about
two
days
and
how
much
water
actually
ends
up
being
in
the
swimming
pool
and
we're
done
586.
A
C
A
C
A
constant
battle
mother
nature
is
always
trying
to
tear
it
up
for
us.
So
in
the
springtime,
it's
a
quite
a
bit
of
cleaning
that
we
have
to
do
to
get
the
that's
all
cleaned
out.
So
it's
ready
to
go
for
the
public
and
then
once
we
get
it
to
a
point
where
we're
satisfied
that
it's
nice
and
clean,
then
we
go
ahead
and
start
bringing
in
water,
and
you.
C
After
about
seven
years
that
you
can
run
this
pool
and
at
that
point
you
would
have
to
sandblast,
it
then
paint
it,
and
it's
quite
an
undertaking-
and
this
year
at
the
at
the
conclusion
of
this
year,
we're
looking
at
sandblasting
and
painting
this
pool
it's
quite
expensive,
but
it's
a
necessary
thing,
because
chlorine
does
eat
away
at
the
paint
itself
and
so
over
time.
The
paint
starts
to
fade
and
if
that
happens,
and
the
lifeguards
can
see
the
bottom
and
if
they
can't
see
the
bottom,
they
can't
keep
you
safe.
One.
A
A
Let's
go
into
the
mechanical
room
and
check
out
some
of
the
process:
okay,
all
right!
So
we're
inside
the
mechanical
building
at
the
family,
Aquatic
Centre.
We
have
a
couple
different
processes,
we're
going
to
show
you.
The
fur
has
to
do
with
our
chlorination
system.
See
if
you
want
to
talk
about
this
sure
so.
C
What
you
have
here
is
a
coordinator.
We
have
one
of
three
in
this
room
that
control
the
chlorine
contents
that
we
have
in
the
pool,
and
we
have
these
a
Q
tab,
chlorine
fabulous
that
we
use
and
what
we
do
is
we
put
those
into
this
vessel
and
inside
of
this
vessel,
there's
water
that
circulates
and
he
broke
those
down
into
a
line,
and
then
that
line
is
then
injected
into
the
water
stream
mapping
the
pool
and
thereby
getting
our
chlorine
content
up
to
where
we
need
and.
C
C
A
C
Do
so
what
you
have
here
is
a
product
called
acid
magic.
It's
it's
basically
an
acid
in
a
form
that
we
can
use
to
monitor.
We
monitor
our
pH,
but
then,
when
we
use
this
product
for
is
to
push
that
pH
down
from
8
parts
per
million
which
is
coming
out
of
the
path
back
down
to
7,
for
which
we
can
then
have
more
of
a
comfortable
swim,
irritate
your
eyes
or
your
skin.
A
C
So,
every
single
day
we
come
here,
we
do
testing
multiple
times
a
day
and
during
the
course
of
the
day
the
weather
can
change,
but
overnight
it
certainly
does
so
if
we
get
a
weather
storm
come
through
and
and
it
rains
down
some
of
that
rain
has
some
acid
content
to
it
and
can
change
our
alkalinity.
It
could
change
our
pH
content
or
even
our
chlorine.
Let.
C
This
this
pool
have
to
have
a
turnover
of
every
gallon
of
water
in
it.
So
five
hundred
eighty
six
thousand
that
we
talked
about
earlier
has
to
get
turned
over
in
this
pool
every
four
hours,
all
that
water
comes
out
of
the
pool
and
comes
in
through
this
room
to
recirculation
pump
and
then
get
shipped
through
filtration
we're
filtering
it
out
and
it
gets
treated
by
the
chemicals
that
we
use
to
maintain
the
water
quality
and
also
heating.
So.